Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

509. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the eligible commonage area on the 2024 BISS online application system for a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed and increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10029/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

510. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland in 2023 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants and any other funding, and if he will stop this, given that the money is propping up hunt clubs which are involved in bloodsports which the vast majority want banned. [10041/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

511. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if releasing a pack of dogs to chase a fox, failing to intervene to stop the dogs from attacking and-or killing the fox, and using terriers to corner and attack foxes when they try to escape underground are contrary to the provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare Act, which states that it is an offence to "do, or fail to do, anything or cause or permit anything to be done to an animal that causes unnecessary suffering to, or endanger the health or welfare of, an animal". [10042/24]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

512. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate why Greyhound Racing Ireland has categorised an Irish greyhound as "rehomed" after it was informed that the dog had been found straying in the UK in an underweight condition with a mouth "in an appalling state with rotten teeth" and that efforts were being made to find him a home; and if an investigation will be carried out to establish how this Irish-owned greyhound came to be abandoned in the UK. [10043/24]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

513. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only two afforestation licences were issued, amounting to just 13 ha, in week 3 of February 2024; to state the actual number of licences his Department would need to issue each week to meet the Government target of 8,000 ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/24]

Departmental Funding

John Lahart

514. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much State funding has been provided to the DSPCA facility at Mount Venus Road from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the purposes for which this money was granted to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10102/24]

Calafoirt agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

515. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth a raibh fadhb leis na bacáin ag carrchlós na n-oileánach ag Calaphort Ros an Mhíl ag an deireadh seachtaine, rud a chiallaigh nach raibh oileánaigh in ann a gcarranna a fháil isteach ná amach; cén fáth nach raibh duine ar fáil leis na bacáin a ardú nuair a theip ar an gcóras uathoibríoch; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [10126/24]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

516. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Magheroarty Pier in County Donegal as a landing point for UK registered vessels, similar to other piers and harbours across Donegal. [10205/24]

Departmental Appointments

Maurice Quinlivan

517. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to recruit an animal welfare inspector for Limerick city, appreciating the high number of wandering horses and unaccompanied dogs within the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/24]

Teagasc Activities

Michael Healy-Rae

518. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions and circumstances which allowed Teagasc Ballyhaise to spread slurry within the prohibited period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10385/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Moynihan

519. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Moynihan

520. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10392/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Moynihan

521. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the Eco-scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10393/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Moynihan

522. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the agri-climate rural environment scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/24]

Forestry Sector

Michael Moynihan

523. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the forestry grants and schemes, by county; the total number of payees in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

524. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's sanction is required with regard to sale of entitlements (details supplied); and if required, when this sanction will be issued. [10397/24]

Departmental Properties

Matt Carthy

525. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10408/24]

Work Permits

Violet-Anne Wynne

526. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of farming work permits taken up in Clare over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/24]

Climate Change Policy

Noel Grealish

527. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide a timeline on when the national biomethane strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10478/24]

Gorse Burning

Brendan Griffin

528. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a burnt land appeal in respect of a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/24]